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Commercialisation of the trade requires cohesive regulation. File photo

What you need to know about recreational cannabis in South Africa

While the laws controlling the substance are being finalised, it is crucial to be informed about your rights and responsibilities

Drug testing policies must comply with the law, as well as be fair and respectful of employees’ rights, protecting both them and the company. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Cannabis case puts the spotlight on company drug testing policies

Drug testing policies must comply with the law, as well as be fair and respectful of employees’ rights, protecting both them and the company

Barloworld, the company that sacked an employee, has a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol and drugs, but the labour appeal court decided there is “no rational link” between the maintenance of safety in its workplace and what amounts to a ban on personal cannabis use by all its employees in the privacy of their homes. (e-architect.com)

Barloworld office worker sacked for after-hours ‘joint’ at home wins two years’ backpay

Other employers should heed the appeal court’s ruling regarding a blanket zero tolerance policy

Take it or leaf it: Laws prevent banks from financing the cannabis industry, however changes are on the cards. Photo: Getty Images

Banks can’t finance the cannabis industry

Once the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (tabled five years ago) is passed, marijuana can be removed from the Drugs Act

Snoop Dogg blowing a joint, Snoop Dogg, Ancienne Belgique (AB), Brussels, Belgium, 23/11/1998. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

It’s high time for a joint traffic calming operation

A judicious puff of weed by those who cause carnage on our highways and byways would make driving a pleasant experience, writes Christian Stephen

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration

Editorial: The green boom in a legal vacuum

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration, but the momentum towards turning all of this into a reality, appears to have been lost in the build-up to the 29 May elections

Jeremy Acton, leader of the Dagga Party. (David Harrison/Gallo)

Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment

Creativity is Lionel Messi’s imperceptible feint to the
left; it is Magnus Carlsen’s subtle pawn manoeuvring in
tight endgames. It is laced in Notorious BIG’s lyrics and
Mozart’s wordless symphonies. It is the invisible spirit
that erects our buildings and sews our clothes.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Cannabis, capitalism and the perils of creativity

When the illicit is legalised and researched into mundanity, where’s the magic, asks Luke Feltham